Kozhikode(Kerala):The Secular Collective coordinator Dr. T.K.Ramachandran, in a statement here has condemned the objection raised by a group of poets and film actors against inclusion of the RSS in the State Government's list of religious fundamentalist outfits.
Asserting that RSS is an organisation with avowed design of subverting the democratic and secular foundation of the country's polity and converting India into a 'Hindu Rashtra' ,the statement said that the efforts to justify the RSS to the public as an embodiment of the values of selfless service and nationalism was a repugnant conspiracy.
It urged the public and the media to realise the virus of hate and discord the outfit was injecting into the pluralistic and secular polity of the country.
THE FOLLOWING WERE THE SIGNATORIES LISTED IN THE STATEMENT:
Abu Abraham,K.Sathchidanandan,M.Mukundan,Dr.K.N.Panikkar,O.N.V.Kurup,P.Govinda Pillai,Paul Zacharia,Sashi Kumar,Ravindran,C.V.Sreeraman,K.G.Sankara Pillai,Anand.